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PAC-5 DIVISION

SANTA MARGARITA (8-2) VS. EL TORO (9-1)

Where, when: Trabuco Hills High, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

TV: Fox Sports Net

Outlook: These teams are coming off of losses, and big losses, too, last week. Pac-5 Division defending champion Santa Margarita lost to St. John Bosco of Bellflower, 42-15. El Toro, Southwest Division runner-up last year, lost to Mission Viejo, 49-7. El Toro quarterback Conner Manning had thrown only three interceptions through nine games, but threw six against Mission Viejo. Manning has completed 65 percent of his passes for 374 yards a game, and has 39 touchdown passes. Crucial to the Chargers' chances will be the availability of running back Jacob Furnari (1,042 yards). Furnari injured an elbow against Mission Viejo in the first quarter, left the game and did not return. His status is questionable for this game. Santa Margarita running back Ryan Wolpin (1,025 yards) has a sprained ankle but is expected to play. Santa Margarita lost All-County quarterback Johnny Stanton to a season-ending ACL tear in September. Sophomore Kyle Sweet and junior Josh Canty have shared quarterback duties since. This is the sixth time El Toro and Santa Margarita have met. Santa Margarita has a 3-2 edge, including a 31-24 victory the last time the Eagles played El Toro in 1998. The schools were together in the Sea View League for a couple of years in the 1990s.

TESORO (7-3) VS.

ST. JOHN BOSCO OF BELLFLOWER (6-4)

Where, when: St. John Bosco High, Friday, 7 p.m.

Outlook: Tesoro lost three South Coast League games in a row and finished fourth in the league before concluding the regular season with a 56-17 nonleague victory at Chula Vista. The Titans qualified for the playoffs as one of the Pac-5 Division's two at-large teams (Bishop Amat of La Puente got the other at-large berth.) Tesoro fired Coach Brian Barnes last week and promoted assistant coach John Hall to head coach. Tesoro running back Nate Tago is fifth in rushing in Orange County, with 1,676 yards. He averages 7 yards a carry. St. John Bosco is 10-0 on the field, but four early-season victories were forfeited because Bosco had used an ineligible player. The fourth-seeded Braves went 5-0 in the Trinity League, including a 42-15 victory over Santa Margarita last week. St. John Bosco sophomore quarterback Josh Rosen is averaging 164 passing yards a game and has thrown 18 touchdown passes with six interceptions. His chief target is senior receiver AJ Holman, a transfer from Orange Lutheran, who has 34 catches for 508 yards and six touchdowns. Braves running back Darren Walker is averaging 104 rushing yards a game and 7 yards a carry. Bosco offensive tackle Nico Falah has been selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Game.

WESTLAKE OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE (6-4) VS.

MISSION VIEJO (10-0)

Where, when: Mission Viejo High, Friday, 7 p.m.

TV: Cox3 (tape, Friday, 11 p.m.)

Outlook: Westlake finished second in the Marmonte League's five-team East Division with a 3-1 league record. The Warriors lost to Moorpark, 38-35, last week. Westlake senior quarterback Neil Uskal completed 23 of 39 passes for 282 yards and four touchdowns without an interception against Moorpark. Andre Baccellia and Alex Egurbide had more than 100 receiving yards each in the Moorpark game. Second-seeded Mission Viejo concluded the regular season with a 49-7 victory over previously undefeated El Toro. Hunter Remington had three of the Diablos' six interceptions in the El Toro game. Alex Suchesk rushed for 129 yards and Ian Fieber passed for 273 yards and three touchdowns against El Toro. Suchesk and Marcus Collins have combined for 1,452 rushing yards and 35 rushing touchdowns. Mission Viejo's Max Redfield, who recently backed out of his commitment to USC, is one of the county's top two-way players at receiver and defensive back. Diablos receiver Sean Modster has 34 receptions and is averaging 24 yards a catch. Mission Viejo's average margin of victory is 32 points. The Diablos are averaging 50 points a game.

MATER DEI (8-2) VS. LAKEWOOD (8-2)

Where, when: Santa Ana Stadium, Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Outlook: The Monarchs are back in the playoffs after a one-year absence. They finished 4-1 and in second place in the Trinity League and are ranked No. 2 in the county. The Monarchs' only two losses were in close games: 27-19 to John Bosco of Bellflower, which finished first in the Trinity League, and 18-17 to Narbonne of Harbor City, perhaps the LA. City's top team. Lakewood, which finished second in the Moore League, also has losses to those same two teams, however, by much bigger margins. The Lancers lost, 54-7, to St. John Bosco and 61-6 to Narbonne. Thomas Duarte (12 receiving TDs), Treavon Coley, JC Genova and Justin Allen give the Monarchs enough playmakers to give any defense trouble. There's also junior Jonathan Lockett, who returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown, scored on a 76-yard punt return, caught a 9-yard touchdown pass and had an interception in last week's victory over Servite.

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